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I am in a BSN program and it took 2 years for pre-reqs and 2 years for the nursing portion. If you go full time for each semester, a BSN should only take 4 years. That's not to say that everyone does it that way, but you can't really say a BSN is a 5-6 year degree. Not where I am from anyway. I looked in to ADNs also when I was staring my pre-reqs and they usually take 1-2 semesters for pre-reqs depending on the requirements, and then 2 years to complete the ADN program. Again, that's in Texas. Maybe it's different in other areas.

I think that is only case because you get comfortable when you are in school with the surroundings, and you are likely to be networking in your community when you are in clinicals. Also, some employers prefer that their employees be from the area because they are likely to stay longer. BUT that is probably not going to be a deciding factor or anything. I do not think not going to school in the area is going to hurt your job application. It most certainly can be done. People move all the time and get jobs so I wouldn't stress over it.

I say do it. Yes it is very inconvenient, but if you don't and then you do not get in, you are going to be kicking yourself in the rear. Another thought though: can you take an online class with that college? The CC I went to offered several classes online. For some of them you still had to come to campus for exams, but that would still be less traveling than on a regular basis. Or maybe try to do a mini-mester or summer class there so you do not have to travel for as long of a time period. Just some suggestions. Good luck to you!

I was out of my CC in two years, but I did take 1 course each summer so that I would finish in time to turn in nursing school applications. Also, there were at least two semesters that I was doubled up on science classes. I took A&P 1 with Microbiology and then I took A&P 2 with Chemistry. It was tough but definitely doable. And now that I am in nursing school I know that the stress of taking those two science classes at the same time is nothing compared to the stress of my nursing program, so in my opinion, you might as well double up on science courses and get used to it!

I am in nursing school now getting my BSN, and I am going to apply for the Cook's residency next year. I see everyone mentioned how the interview questions were really tough and different from other interview questions. Can anyone be a little more specific on the types of questions they are asking? Thanks!

YES! I am experiencing this too. This is my first semester of nursing school, and I think everyone is just so excited to learn as much as possible that they are getting ahead of themselves with all these questions that don't really pertain to the basic things we are learning. And it always seems to be the same person that starts the "red herring". Believe me, sometimes I wish that we could just restrain her hand, and go on with class! Don't get me wrong, I love when people ask VALUABLE questions that are really helpful to the lesson, but seriously! I feel like if people actually thought about their questions, and used some common sense before asking them it would save us all some time.

You absolutely can! I went this route and saved a ton of money. You just have to figure out your prospective BSN schools and find out what their requirements are because every school is different. You just apply to the nursing program when you have met the requirements just like a student attending their college would have to do.

I am starting later this month, but we have 92 in our incoming BSN class. We also have a 99% graduation rate for our school, so hopefully we won't lose very many.

Ours are all red, top and bottom, thank goodness because scrubs with different color top and bottom drive me nuts! I guess its just a personal preference/OCD thing. They have some we can buy through the school or we can get our own and have the patch sewn on, I LOVE this because I get to spend money on ones that will actually fit instead of ones I will despise for the next two years.

My school also combines A&P and I had no problem with applying to nursing programs. It is very common for that to happen with A&P so I would be shocked if a school didn't recognize that. Just make sure you take both 1 and 2 to count for both Anatomy and Physiology.

My school also combines A&P and I had no problem with applying to nursing programs. It is very common for that to happen with A&P so I would be shocked if a school didn't recognize that. You just have to make sure to take both 1 and 2 to count for both anatomy and physiology.

They just sent out emails a day or two ago with more orientation information so maybe check your spam folder. But Abilene's orientation is 8am-5pm, I would assume everyone's is the same or pretty close.

I wasn't aware they had townhomes but I don't really know that much about them. I did have a friend that lived there in the apartments for a few years and they had no problems with it, and its in a pretty good area of town too.

I took almost all of my pre-reqs online, and I loved it. Personally, I had a problem with actually waking up and going to class (I'm a night owl) so I found it sooooo convenient being able to do homework late after work. But you definitely do have to be responsible to actually do the work and teach yourself. I feel like I just did the bare minimum and probably didn't learn as much as I would have in a classroom setting, but I got great grades. I also feel like the professors do the bare minimum as well. You don't get as much feedback, but you can always go to their office hours to speak with them if you need to.